Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-11-16

sue H1ted her head from the bed and
met ms eyes. Something ID them mn.
sealed her lips.
Il loved you," she said. "I will
confess II now in the awful presence of
death. and let God be nav Judge.
was an unloved wife. / learned to
love the air you breathed. You seemed
hlSh and grand and passionless, was
safe worshipped you.
Oh' Uod, that l should have been the
cause of your ruInr'
es, y he said, with strong effort
70 De calm, II knew you were mine.
anew Ihat every pulse and fiber was
under my control. l knew that by the
laws OF our being you belonged to me.
ana that had l asked you 10 Zee with
me to the uttermost isles of the sea
you would have consented, without
counting the cost. You thought 1 was
grand and passlonless, that as Gods
high priest 1 was beyond temptation.
L ou never knew what it, at least. cost
me to meet you and give you counsel,
nor how the sensual and earthly fought
Tor supremacy over the spiritual in nv
soul- But l wrestled and prayed, and
the strength came to put passion un-
der my feet. l conquered. a light
from the face of the infinite shone upon
me. L moved in calm, clear air.
/ stood before my people and looked into
| their upturned faces with a new sympa-
thy for their weaknesses.
- looked upon your face and thanked
| God that you were safe from me, that
had not tTansgressed against you nor
/ the man who was once my friend In
the midst of the calm the conspiracy
/ against me was revealed suddenly.
/ found myself the victim of a network
of circumstances, my fair fame dishon-
| Ored, myself dragged into the publicity
/ of a court of law and made the subject
| of rude jokes and insulting caricature;
and the testimony OF the woman whose
/ honor l had guarded as with my life
was the central link in the chain of
/ damaging evidence against me-"
She knelC there listening, with that
| terrible despair upon her face. You
you Will live" she said broKenIy. -
will go to a lawyer. l Will make a
sworn statement. Your name shall yet
be cleared"
/ 'It is too late, - he said. at would
not undo the wrong. l must have
needed the discipline; l shall soon know
| why it was permitted"
y reaction was coming. She gave
him d-aught from a goblet on the
table and his eyes closed wearily. His
/ lips moved. She bent her head TO listen
to the words he uttered.
Gods furnace name around me qulvers,
His brea,h upon the nre doth blow"
He was repeating with slow deeT
emphasis on the words. Then he slept.
She sat and watched him. His mind
| seemed To wander back to the days
when he was the idol OF his people.
Fragments of hymns and sublime
prophecies came to his lips. Again he
was the minister of God, standing al
the altar, distributing the mystical
emblems of Christ's death. Again his
] hands were lifted in benediction and
I sII-----r---=svv5I 90 a the words: May the
peace OF God, which passeth under.
standing, Keep you-'
Then a change came. He was living
over the dark hours OF his agony. The
veins stood out upon his forehead. His
head moved from side to side in mortal
anguish. His mighty frame shook In
the inner tempest. Again he wa
writhing under the blow dealt him by
the man whom he had once trusted. bul
who had been dominated by the demon
of jealous hatred, who had sworn tC
overthrow his powerful rival. Again
he stood in the pitileSS MONDAY lighi
of a court of law, with the whole worlC
rs spectators. Again he knelt under
the stars and cried, "My Godi why
hast thou foTsaken me?"
But his face did not mirror a NOR,
terrible agony than did that of the
woman who bent over him. and will
trembling hand wiped the drops from
his forehead He awoke and looked
up INTO her face.
You suffer with me, - he said, gent
IL. 81 may come to you and help yol
, 10 be strong after L am free. AR,
they not all ministering spiritsF'
His utterance seemed less clear. 81
have had my last hour OF earthly ago
! ny" lie said.
And now a strange awe crept ovel
! the woman as she sat and watched TIT
noble face, for by the mystical change
that OvershadOwed it she knew that
Presence had entered the room to CLAIM
his own-had entered, not as the KIM
of Terrors, but as an all-powerful de
, liverer, bringing to this long tired spiri
the crown of immortality. His fac,
| shone with the reflection OF the comm.
J dawn, his ears caught new, faint har-
; monies. he turned his eyes upon Emil!
with a last sweet smile, and without
2 one struggle his soul WAS free.
2 The news OF the death OF the grea
preacher, whose sun had set in eclipse
. had scarcely flashed over the wires be
fO-e another strange piece of intelli
genee followed.
a Sydney Fowler, who a month ag
], had commenced lecturing tou
I through the provinces, had been foun
e in his room at popular hotel with
pistol shot through his head. On tn
l table were a number of closely write
e pages of confession. He had plotte
= the downfall of Gregory Bancroft bt
{ cause he was jealous of his successe
o and hOnors, because he had outstripps
= him in the race which they had begu
u together.
d The news Of his death had owe
r whelmed HIM with remorse. He no
e confessed the whole fiendish plot, u
r confession of love he had forced frol
: his wife and her signature to the stat
ment he had written, while he kne
n and believed in the unspotted integrir
Il of Gregory Bancroft Emily was for
stalled. No need now OF her confe
d sion, which at best would have only VI
= settled, not convinced the world.
'e Did the grand, sorely-trled soul M
% know, did he not hear from the NOR
n ing land of spirits the oyerwhelmlr
l voice of sympathy and SORROW and L
Is dignation that thrilled and throbbs
10 around the world? Did he not reiol
l that his name was to be accounts
It blameless OF the sin laid to his charg
z. that history wouli record him ma
is tyr, that offerings OF flowers, lavish al
N costly, were heaped upon his restin
place IN the city OF the dead, daily r
a. newed, daily watered with tears fro
h, bleeding hearts, reaching out wi
er dumb longing to kneel at his feet al
IN implors his pardon for the injusti
.. meted 70 him in thought and word.
h. Did hasomeumes come 10 the sa
NJ faced wokan who knelt with fold
he hands nightly beside his grave, she
ed whom it WIS appointed to live on a.
bear the bgrden OF her sin, to wat
z and wait alG suffer and hope for {
II endI
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